When a black hole winks at you: Variability identified in supermassive black hole in Andromeda galaxy
A Michigan State University researcher saw X-rays coming from a black hole using the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory telescope ...
Quantum statistical approach quiets big, noisy data
Big data has gotten too big. Now, a research team with statisticians from Cornell has developed a data representation method ...
Stem cell barcoding reveals how the brain and inner ear are formed
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed ...
Climate change and prehistoric human populations: Study finds eastward shift of settlement areas at end of last Ice Age
A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ...
Some insects are declining, but what's happening to the other 99%?
Insects are the dominant form of animal life on our planet, providing humans and wildlife with pollination, food, and ...
Anesthetic gas emissions have dropped by 27% in last decade, but there's room for improvement
Gases used in anesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study ...
Astronomers listened to the 'music' of flickering stars—and discovered an unexpected feature
The "music" of starquakes—enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many ...
Twisted crystals open door to smaller, more powerful sensors for optical devices
Twisted moiré photonic crystals—an advanced type of optical metamaterial—have shown enormous potential in the race to ...
Infrared heavy-metal-free quantum dots deliver sensitive and fast sensors for eye-safe LIDAR applications
The frequency regime lying in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) has very unique properties that make it ideal for several ...
Australia and New Zealand are plagued by 'tall poppy syndrome'—but would a cure be worse than the disease?
The original tall poppies bloomed in the garden of Tarquin the Proud, last king of Rome. To communicate that his enemies ...
Bonobos combine calls in similar ways to human language, study finds
Bonobos—our closest living relatives—create complex and meaningful combinations of calls resembling the word combinations of ...
Smoke from US fires linked to 20,000 premature deaths and $200 billion in health damages in 2017
Since the end of the 20th century, air pollution from most U.S. sources has decreased, but emissions from wildland fires have ...